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£X 9315 .08 1850 v. 4 Owen, John, 1616-1683. The works of John Owen
THE
WORKS
JOHN OWEN, D.D.
BY THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD,
EDINBURGH.
VOL. IY.
NEW YORK:
ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
2 8 5 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.LII.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME IY.
nNETMATOAOriA*
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A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT-CONTINUED.
[BOOK VI., PART I.]
THE REASON OF FAITH.
Chap. Park
Prefatory Note by the Editor, ...... 4
Preface, ......... 5
I. — The subject stated — Preliminary remarks, .... 7
II. — What it is infallibly to believe the Scripture to be the word of God, af- firmed, . . . . . . . . .15
III. — Sundry convincing external arguments for divine revelation, . . 20
IV. — Moral certainty, the result of external arguments, insufiicient, . 47
V. — Divine revelation itself the only foundation and reason of faith, . 69 VI. — The nature of divine revelations— Their self-evidencing power considered,
particularly that of the Scriptures as the word of God, . . 82
VII. -Inferences from the whole— Some objections answered, . .100
Appendix, ..... .... 109
[BOOK VI., PART II]
CAUSES, WAYS, AND MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING THE MIND OF GOD.
Prefatory Note by the Editor, . . . . . .118
The Preface, ......... 119
I. — Usurpation of the chui'ch of Rome with reference unto the interpretation of the Scripture, or right understanding of the mind of God therein — Right and ability of all believers as to their own duty herein asserted — Impoi-tancc of the truth proposed — The main question stated — The prin- cipal efficient cause of the understanding which believers have in the mind and will of God as revealed in the Scriptures, the Spirit of God himself— General assertions to be proved — Declared in sundry particu- lars— Inferences from them, . . . . . .121
IV CONTENTS.
Chap. Fags
II. — The general assertion confirmed with testimonies of the Scripture— Ps. cxix. 18 opened at large— Objections answered — 2 Cor. iii. 13-18, Isa. xxv. 7, explained— Luke xxiv. 44, 45, opened— Eph. i. 17-19 explained and pleaded in confirmation of the truth — Hos. xiv. 9, . . 127
III.— Other testimonies pleaded in confirmation of the same truth — John xvi. 13 opened— How far all true believers are infallibly led into all truth de- clared, and the manner how they are so— 1 John ii. 20, 27, explained— What assurance of the truth they have who are tauglit of God— Eph. iv. 11; Job xxxvi. 22; John vi. 45— Practical truths inferred from the assertion proved, ........ 142
IV.— The especial work of the Holy Spirit in the illumination of our minds unto the understanding of the Scripture declared and vindicated— Objections proposed and answered— The nature of the work asserted — Ps. cxix. IS; Eph. i. 18; Luke xxiv. 45; 1 Pet. ii. 9; Col i. 13; 1 John v. 20, opened and vindicated, ........ 161
V.— Causes of the ignorance of the mind of God revealed in the Scripture, and
of errors about it — What they are, and how they are removed, . 174
VI. — The work of tbe Holy Spirit in the composing and disposal of the Scrip- ture as a means of sacred illumination — The perspicuity of the Scripture unto the understanding of the mind of God declared and vindicated, 187
VII. — Means to be used for the right understanding of the mind of God in the
Scripture— Those which are prescribed in a way of duty, . . 199
VIII. — The second sort of means for the interpretation of the Scripture, which
are disciplinarian, ....... 209
IX.— Helps ecclesiastical in the interpretation of the Scripture, . . 226
[BOOK VIL]
A DISCOURSE OF THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LN PRAYER,
Prefatory Note by the Editor, ...... 236
Preface to the Reader, ....... 237
" I.— The use of prayer, and the work of the Holy Spirit therein, . . 251
• II.— Zech. xii. 10 opened and vindicated, ..... 254
III.— Gal. iv 6 opened and vindicated, ...... 265
IV.— The nature of prayer— Rom. viii. 26 opened and vindicated, . . 271
* V.— The work of the Holy Spirit as to the matter of prayer, . . 277
VI.— The due manner of prayer, wherein it doth consist, . . . 287 VIL— The nature of prayer in general, with respect unto forms of prayer and
vocal prayer -Eph. vi. IS opened and vindicated, . .297
VIII— The duty of external prayer by virtue of a spiritual gift explained and
vindicated, ........ 301
IX.— Duties inferred from the preceding discourse, . . . .315
X.— Of mental prayer as pretended unto by some in the church of Rome, . 328
XL— Prescribed forms of prayer examined, ..... 338
[BOOK VIII.]
A DISCOURSE ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A COMFORTER.
Prefatory Note by the Editor, ...... 352
The Preface, .... . 353
CONTENTS. V
Chap. Page
I. — The Holy Ghost the comforter of the church by way of office — How he is the church's advocate — John xiv. 16; 1 John ii. 1, 2; John xvi. 8-11
opened, ...... . . 355
II. — General adjuncts or properties of the office of a comforter, as exercised by